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FOI: How a council with a bad record on FOI stands to benefit from an FOI request

What’s the best way to get an authority to take the Freedom of Information Act more seriously? Report them to the Information Commissioner? Shout about them in the newspaper?

How about showing them how the Act can uncover information in their favour too?

Top 10 most read FOI posts of 2011

Thanks to everyone who has contributed to conversations on this blog during 2011, challenging, debating and informing my understanding of FOI and how it should be used by journalists. Here are the 10 FOI-related posts which generated the highest number of page impressions: 1. How Jack the Ripper is helping to shape FOI rules When isContinue reading “Top 10 most read FOI posts of 2011”

FOI: The council which asked for a birth certificate before processing an FOI request

Liverpool City Council hasn’t got the best track record for Freedom of Information requests. Earlier this year, it was forced to cough up to the fact it had actively doctored information which had been requested under the FOI Act. Indeed, as far back as 2007, the Information Commissioner was criticising the council for the wayContinue reading “FOI: The council which asked for a birth certificate before processing an FOI request”